Verification of a coupled atmosphere-ocean model using satellite observations over the Adriatic Sea

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1935-1954

  Djurdjevic, V ^a   Rajkovic, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; PREDICTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE WIND;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 47749120273     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1935-2008     Document Type: Article

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